Senate Majority Leader John Unger is carrying a bill that would require students to be physically active for at least 30 minutes each school day amid classes. A few of the well-intended ideas proposed in the measure include walking, jumping rope, playing soccer and taking the stairs. The goal is to simply ensure that students are physically active each day in school.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As parents picked up their children from Midland Trail Elementary School and Riverside High School on Wednesday morning, they wondered -- some angrily -- why school officials would flush the school's water pipes while students are in the building.

"Flushing it while our students are coming to school or are at school is a lack of concern for their safety," said Amanda Legg, whose daughter,...

WAYNE — Less than 24 hours after members of the Wayne County Board of Education approved a bond measure for the May 13 Primary Election ballot, Superintendent of Schools Lynn Hurt officially took to the campaign trail for the first time during a media event Wednesday afternoon at Wayne High School.

The bond’s fate ultimately will be placed in the hands of Wayne County voters, but Hurt said she would make the bond her main focus for...